> The NY Times article is about the sibling preference policy for school enrollment and parental pressure has to do with that. The article mentions, in passing,> > "Amid an explosion in the number of students who qualify for the seats [in gifted and talented programs]..."> > and you find nothing odd about that?> > Haim> No representation without taxation.

We have the same issue here. The top 2% of the students number 6% to 8% of the students.